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James Francis Carey (August 19, 1867-December 31, 1938) was an American socialist politician from Massachusetts. Carey was an activist in both the Socialist Labor Party of America and later the Socialist Party of America. He served in a number of leading roles with the Socialist Party of Massachusetts. In 1898, when he was elected to the Common Council of Haverhill, Massachusetts from Ward 5, Carey became the first socialist elected to municipal office in the United States.
He was also elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives each year from 1899 to 1903.In 1902, when Prince Henry of Prussia visited the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, Carey - as the lone Socialist Party member in the chamber - put on his cap, stood up, and walked out of the chamber at the exact moment Prince Henry walked in as a means of protesting Henry's warm welcome to the state.
